Window-chair



(NoModel) G. W. DEARBORN.

WINDOW CHAIR.

No. 583,894. Patented June 8,1897.

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GEORGE XV. DEARBORN, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDOW-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,894, dated June 8,1897.

Application filed August 1 S, 1896. Serial No. 602,603. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known thatl, GEORGE IV. DEARBORN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lViudow-Ghairs, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being bad therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to window chairs adapted to support a person on theouter side of a window of a house while in the act of cleaning orpainting the window panes or sashes.

The present invention is an improvement over the device patented to meJuly 10, 1883, No. 280,803, and the special advantage of the presentdevice over the former one consists in the simple and inexpensive meanswhereby the support is made adjustable to adapt it for window-sills ofvarying widths.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a cross-section of the windowchair; Fig. 2, a detail view,and 3 is a sectional view of a modification. Fig. 4 is a front elevationof Fig. 1.

The window-sill is shown herein at 1, across which the guiding andsupporting rods 2 extend, said rods having their inner ends bent aroundand ending in flat lateral extensions 3, which bear against the innerside of the sill when the support is in position. The

platform or seat 4, provided with a back 5,.

has sill-bearing pieces 5 depending therefrom, these pieces havingopenings 6 therein for the passage of the rods 2, said pieces 5 beingadjustable along the rods The braces A or arms for supporting the outerend of the rods 2 are made in two sections a (9, ad justably connectedtogether in the center. The upper section a has two diverging armscarrying collars a, that slide on the rod 2, an adjusting-screw 0 beingprovided to hold the collar rigidly to the rod when properly adjustedthereon.

The lower end of the section b has a laterally-bent end that is adaptedto bear flatly end fitted to a threaded opening in the end carried bythe section b and an enlarged head 8, adapted to impinge against the endof the section a for holding said toothed ends together. Thus the twosections may be ad j usted to shorten or lengthen the arm or support A.

The section b, as above described, is more particularly adapted forframe houses when the walls are comparatively thin.

For brick and stone houses, having thicker walls, I prefer to provide asection such as shown in Fig. 3, having a vertical portion adapted tobear against the face of the wall and be connected with the arm-sectionsand ahorizontal portion adapted to rest upon the upper face of thewindow-sill. The outer face of the sections 1) (shown, in Figs. 1 and 3)are identical, so that they may be readily interchanged, eachwindow-chair being fitted with both forms of lower sections, whereby itmay be used for either form of window.

I claim- In combination, the horizontal supportingrods having hookedends for engaging the inside of the window-sill, the platform mountedupon the rods, the braces having their upper ends connected with theouter portion of the arms and horizontally adjustable there on, and thedetachable and interchangeable bearing-sections b, said braces andbearingsections serving to support the outer end of the platform,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE IV. DEARBORN.

W'itnesses:

O. H. WELoH, FLORENCE LAZZARO.

